During a job search, a background check has become pro forma for most companies before the final hiring. Every employer needs to peek into a candidate’s employment history, whether through the interview process or a more detailed investigation by a background check company. It’s worth noting which of the various career paths of the future absolutely require such checks and what their reasons are for doing them. Here are four industries that require background checks and why.

Healthcare Facilities

Healthcare seems to be a bulletproof industry. Unfortunately, people will always get sick or injured, so there will always be a need for healthcare workers. Due to the amount of personal information collected and the need for trust between healthcare workers and patients, employers need to know that their potential employees are who they say they are. Detailed searches can prove a worker’s skills and credentials, and reveal any criminal record of fraud, drug use, or similar red flags indicating a person might not be the wisest choice for a healthcare position.

Construction Companies

Construction sites and similar places where people build things require clear-headed individuals with the right skills who take their jobs seriously. Construction companies perform background checks to ensure applicants are bringing the skills they claim to have to the job. They check for drug and alcohol use, or a history of dangerous behavior or accidents. They also look for criminal and sexual offender records to keep other employees safe from a potentially toxic individual.

Government Jobs

Working for the government at almost any level can bring an employee into contact with personal and sensitive information. It can also make them a likely target of individuals seeking to access that information or otherwise exploit the worker’s connections and position. Background checks look for red flags like financial status, substance abuse, connections with persons of interest, and of course, criminal records. This requirement also goes for the military, which regularly conducts background checks on its personnel.

The Financial Sector

Here’s the last of the four industries that require background checks and why. As you can imagine, the financial sector and other industries that regularly handle large amounts of money are ripe for criminality. A person’s background must be pristine, free from even the merest suggestion of fraud, embezzlement, identity theft, and similar white-collar crimes.

As we can see, the biggest thing background checks confirm is whether an employer can trust a potential employee. The main thing such background checks confirm is whether that trust involves knowing they can do their job safely or that they won’t use their position to illegally benefit themselves.

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